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The
Reformation in Prophecy |
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The blessed Reformation is described symbolically in the 10th chapter of the Book of Revelation—the last book of the Bible:
"And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not."(Revelation 10:1-4).
The mighty ANGEL that descends from Heaven is none other than Christ Himself—the angel of the Reformation. The little book OPEN is the Bible; made available to the world once again by the incomparable translation of Saint Martin Luther and distributed widely with the help of the newly invented printing press.
Christ setting His feet upon the earth and the sea symbolizes taking complete dominion and authority over both of those realms. After general Joshua had commanded the sun to stand still and won a great victory over his enemies, he invited the fearful Israelites to put their feet on the necks of their enemies as a sign of subjugation:
"And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight." (Joshua 10: 23-24).
Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Judah (Rev. 5:5), and his mighty roar symbolized the rise of the British Empire under Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Drake....The most common symbol of the British Empire is the LION:
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Victoria Memorial lion. |
British royal banner.
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Trafalgar Square lion. |
The 7 thunders that the Apostle John was told to IGNORE signified the Papal Bull of excommunication against Saint Martin Luther and the later Bulls against Elizabeth I depriving her of her throne.
Throughout the Dark Ages, Papal interdicts were known as THUNDERS, and they often led to the overthrow of recalcitrant rulers, and the ruin of entire kingdoms.
Pope Alexander VI had just "donated" the entire world to Spain!!
Just prior to the commencement of the blessed Reformation, the great rival of Christ, Pope Alexander VI, "donated" the ENTIRE WORLD to the Spanish Inquisition.
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Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503). |
The Man of Sin putting on the pious act by "praying" in this painting by Pinturicchio. |
Pope Alexander VI did this after the return of Christopher Columbus, in a Papal Bull entitled Inter Caetera issued on May 4, 1493, and in a further Bull entitled Dudum Siquidem dated September 26, 1493.
Columbus arrived in Santo Domingo on Oct. 12, 1492, after following a map made by Alonso Sanchez....He visited several islands in the Caribbean and on the night of Dec. 25, 1492, this great admiral of the ocean sea slept soundly while his ship was dashed on rocks and wrecked.
Without a map and given enough time, Columbus might have stumbled upon the mainland . . . if his ship was not wrecked . . . but he had to return with the Pinzón brothers because they were first to land and would rightly claim the prize as first Discoverers over Columbus.
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Portuguese Salvador Fernandes Zarco a.k.a. Christopher Columbus (c.1436 - 1506). |
Columbus' ship the Santa Marie was wrecked near Santo Domingo on the night of Dec. 25, 1492. He had to sail home on the Niña with Vicente Yañez Pinzón. |
Columbus arrived back in Spain in March 1493, and the recently "elected" Pope Alexander VI wasted no time in promulgating a Bull giving the entire New World to Spain and warning ALL others not to even THINK about going there.
Here is a short excerpt from that Bull:
"We are credibly informed that, whereas of late you were determined to seek and find certain islands and mainlands far remote and unknown (and not heretofore found by any other), . . . such mainlands and islands far remote and hitherto unknown . . . have found certain remote islands and mainlands which were not heretofore found by any other." (Inter Caetera Bull ).
Where did Pope Alexander VI get the idea that mainlands actually existed besides the few islands that Columbus visited??? Was he clairvoyant? It was said that eagle-eyed Emperor Constantine—the first Pope—could see objects hundreds of kilometers from his palace:
"The emperor's next care was to kindle, as it were, a brilliant torch, by the light of which he directed his imperial gaze around, to see if any hidden vestiges of error might still exist. And as the keen-sighted eagle in its heavenward flight is able to descry from its lofty height the most distant objects on the earth, so did he, while residing in the imperial palace of his own fair city, discover as from a watch-tower a hidden and fatal snare of souls in the province of Phoenicia. This was a grove and temple, not situated in the midst of any city, nor in any public place, as for splendor of effect is generally the case, but apart from the beaten and frequented road, at Aphaca, on part of the summit of Mount Lebanon, and dedicated to the foul demon known by the name of Venus." (Eusebius, Life of Constantine, p. 535).
Obviously Constantine's keen eye only extended to the Old World while Borgia was able to see across thousands of miles of ocean and discern mainlands before they were actually discovered!!
The Papal Demarcation line of May 4, 1493.
There were a total of 4 Bulls issued by Pope Alexander concerning the New and Old World. They were: Inter Caetera of May 3, 1493, Inter Caetera of May 4, 1493, Eximiae Devotionis—a supplement to the May 4 Bull, and finally Dudum Siquidem of Sept. 26, 1493.
The Bull of May 4, 1493, does not even mention Portugal in the Papal donation of the New World to Spain.
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Pope Alexander VI gave the Spanish Inquisition ALL of the New World in the May 4th Bull.
Here is an short excerpt from that Bull in which the line is fixed about 300 miles (482 km) from the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa:
"Furthermore, under penalty of excommunication late sententie to be incurred ipso facto, should anyone thus contravene, we strictly forbid all persons of whatsoever rank, even imperial and royal, or of whatsoever estate, degree, order, or condition, to dare, without your special permit or that of your aforesaid heirs and successors, to go for the purpose of trade or any other reason to the islands or mainlands, found and to be found, discovered and to be discovered, towards the west and south, by drawing and establishing a line from the Arctic pole to the Antarctic pole, no matter whether the mainlands and islands, found and to be found, lie in the direction of India or toward any other quarter whatsoever, the said line to be distant one hundred leagues towards the west and south, as is aforesaid, from any of the islands commonly known as the Azores and Cape Verde; apostolic constitutions and ordinances and other decrees whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding." (Inter Caetera Bull ).
The Papal Bull Dudum Siquidem gave the Old World to Spain
Not content with stealing the New World from John Cabot and giving it to Spain, Alexander VI also gave the Old World to Spain. All the other Roman Catholic nations were just allowed the crumbs that fell from the Spanish table.
Not since Lucifer offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if He would fall down and worship him, had Satan's representative reached a higher height of blasphemy, conceit and prideful folly:
"Again, the devil taketh him (Jesus) up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." (Matthew 4: 8-10).
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The Papal Bull of September 1493 gave the Old World to the Spanish Inquisition. |
The pretext for conquering and enslaving the New World was to save their souls by converting them to Roman Catholicism....In this expanded Bull, the Pope give Spain hegemony over ALL non-Roman Catholic nations which included Africa, the Middle East, India, China, Korea, Japan, Australia, etc, etc, etc.
Here is a brief excerpt from that Bull:
"But since it may happen that your envoys and captains, or vassals, while voyaging toward the west or south, might bring their ships to land in eastern regions and there discover islands and mainlands that belonged or belong to India, with the desire moreover to bestow gracious favors upon you, through our similar accord, knowledge, and fullness of power, by apostolic authority and by tenor of these presents, in all and through all, just as if in the aforesaid letters full and express mention had been made thereof, we do in like manner amplify and extend our aforesaid gift, grant, assignment, and letters, with all and singular the clauses contained in the said letters, to all islands and mainlands whatsoever, found and to be found, discovered and to be discovered, that are or may be or may seem to be in the route of navigation or travel toward the west or south, whether they be in western parts, or in the regions of the south and east and of India."(Dudum Siquidem Bull).
There you have it....Borgia gave the entire world to the Spanish Inquisition and that Bull has NEVER been revoked!!
Spain claims hegemony over the entire world!!
Most sane people would dismiss the global grant of Pope Alexander VI as the work of a demented, psychopathic megalomaniac....Alexander's namesake, Alexander the Great, had global ambitions but his career was cut short by death. Even pagan Rome drew boundaries to her Empire.
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The Spanish Empire was the largest in the world until the British Empire. |
Much of Europe was under Spanish sway during the reign of Philip II. |
Under bigoted fanatical Philip II (1556-1598), Spain became the richest and most formidable nation on earth, and Philip II boasted of ruling the world from the Escorial with pen and paper.
Gold and silver (real money) from the New World was used to finance the dreaded Spanish army as it sought to conquer and enslave the Old World.
The only powers that stood in Spain's way was the tiny Dutch Republic under King William of Orange and Protestant England....If not for those 2 GREAT countries, the Spanish Inquisition would rule the entire world, the Bible would be completely outlawed, and Spanish would be the universal language.
The world was not enough for the greedy Spaniards!!
It seems that conquering the entire world was not enough to satisfy the lust of the greedy Spaniards. Here is a medal struck in 1583 to commemorate the union of the Spanish and Portuguese thrones. It has an inscription in Latin which says NON SUFFICIT ORBIS or the world is not enough:
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Philip II, king of Spain and the New World. |
In this medal we see the horse of King Philip treading the entire world underfoot with the inscription in Latin: NON SUFFICIT ORBIS. It is symbolic of Spanish claims to hegemony over the entire world. |
The world is not enough!! |
The Treaty of Tordesillas
The Portuguese were furious at this world giveaway by the Spanish Borgia. Previously, 4 Papal Bulls had given them dominion over Africa and eastward to India. On June 7, 1494, representatives of the Portuguese and Spanish governments met in the Spanish town of Tordesillas and decided to move the Borgia demarcation line 370 degrees west of the Cape Verde Islands. This gave the Portuguese dominion over what was later to become the country of Brazil.
This line was later extended to the eastern hemisphere and gave Spain . . . and Portugal control over the entire world!!
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In the Treaty of Tordesillas, Pope Alexander's line was moved 370 degrees westward.
The first map containing this demarcation line is called the Cantino map dating from 1502. It shows the basic geography of the New World BEFORE Christopher Columbus had even "discovered" the mainland. The question obviously is: where did they get this geographic information at this early date....The obvious answer: From the voyages of John Cabot!!
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First known map of the New World dating from 1502.
Notice the basic outline of the New World and the demarcation line running north to south. The new line sharing the world with Portugal was never accepted by Pope Alexander VI.
Pope Alexander VI never ratified the Treaty of Tordesillas....In the Bull Dudum Siquidem, Pope Alexander revoked all of his predecessors grants to the kings of Portugal. He was not about to share his world with his partners in crime the Portuguese, so he never ratified the treaty.
Pope Julius II ratified the Treaty of Tordesillas!!
Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere, the future Pope Julius II, was known as the Warrior Pope. He was furious at Borgia because he was supposed to be Pope in 1492—but Borgia stole the election.... It was the most blatant example of simony in the entire history of the world.
Best selling author Mario Puzo said that he never met a gangster in his life; he based his Godfather series on the real crime family of "Godfather" Rodrigo Borgia, his sons Cesare, Juan, Jofre, and his infamous daughter Lucrezia.
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The "Borgia" Family by best selling author Mario Puzo. |
A bitter rivalry grew up between Cardinal della Rovere and Rodrigo Borgia:
"Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere had been the most bitter enemy of Pope Alexander for many years." (Puzo, The Family, p. 214).
He HATED the Spanish faction at Rome and after the horrible death by poisoning of Pope Alexander VI, he determined to rid Rome of them forever:
"The night of Alexander's death, armed mobs surged through the streets of Rome, beating and killing anyone of Spanish descent—Catalans, as they were called—and looting all their homes." (Puzo, The Family, p. 345).
Alexander's son, Caesar, survived the poisoning and was able to influence the election of the next Pope, Pius III.
Borgia puppet Pius III lasted only 10 days before succumbing to the poison cup....Upon his death, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere became Pope and he confirmed the Treaty of Tordesillas in a Papal Bull of 1506. Given the hostility of Pope Julius to Borgia, it is highly unlikely that he would have divided up the world between the Spanish and Portuguese if he had known of the prior Discovery of fellow Italian, Giovanni Caboto.
The Borgia crime family created the Jesuits!!
After the terrible reign of Pope Alexander VI, the Romans were disgusted with the Spanish and vowed that there would never be another Spanish Pope. This animosity toward the Spanish was further aggravated by the Sack of Rome in 1527 in order to prevent the divorce of Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon.
The Borgia answer to this Spanish animosity was the creation of the order of Jesuits—a quasi religious/military strike force whose members were totally dedicated to their Spanish leader who bore the military title of general.
Like the White Pope, the general is elected for life and the Jesuit dynasty is a parallel or pseudo Papacy....Of course, the general is content to run the show from behind the scenes so as not to arouse the age-old Italian hatred for the Spanish.
The Jesuit general is referred to as the '"Black" Pope at the Vatican because he always dresses in black. Having 2 Popes is very confusing to Roman Catholics because they have to pick a Pope or choose which one is the legitimate successor of St. Peter?
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Ignatius LIEola
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Francis Borgia
(1510 -1572). |
The Jesuits were officially founding in 1540 by Pope Paul III. Ignatius LIEola became their first general.
Don Francis Borgia was the great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, and co-founder of the Jesuits. On his mother's side he was descended from King Ferdinand of Aragon.
The Spanish control the Vatican through the Jesuits
For the past 500 years, the Spanish Inquisition has controlled the Vatican by means of the Jesuits. All the Jesuits answer to their general in Rome, and he in turn is content to run the show from behind the scenes, without any publicity or public acclaim so as not to arouse the age-old Italian hostility to the Spanish.
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Ignatius LIEola was the first Jesuit general. |
Since
the official founding of the Jesuits 468 years ago, there has been
a total of 30 Black Popes. |
Adolfo Nicolás is the 30th and latest Jesuit general. |
These men live in the very same city—Rome. Both are elected for life; they eat the same food, so we should find a close similarity in length of reigns between the two Papal dynasties.
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Pope Paul III officially recognized the Jesuits in 1540. |
Since
the official founding of the Jesuits by Pope Paul III in 1540, there
has been a total of 46 White Popes.
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White Pope Benedict XVI. |
How do we account for such a strange dichotomy in the number of Black and White Popes???
The answer is simple. Any White Pope who did not cooperate with the schemes of the Jesuits was given the poison cup . . . or in the case of Pope John Paul II—the leaden bullet!!
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References
Davenport, Frances Gardiner, (Editor). European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and its Dependencies to 1648. Carnegie Institution, Washington City, 1917.
Eusebius Pamphili, (260 — 340), Preparation for the Gospel, Proof of the Gospel, Ecclesiastical History, Life of Constantine, Oration to Constantine, etc., etc. Grand Rapids, Baker Book House, 1981.
Fusero, Clemente. The Borgias. Praeger Publishers, New York, 1972. (Translated from the Italian by Peter Green).
Parker, Geoffrey, The Grand Strategy of Philip II. Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1998.
Gottschalk, Paul. The Earliest Diplomatic Documents on America. The Papal Bulls of 1493 and the Treaty of Tordesillas Reproduced and Translated. Berlin, 1927.
Martin, Malachi. The Jesuits: The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1989.
Copyright © 2007 by Niall Kilkenny